Quilling-machine.



PATENTED 13130.8, 1903.

' No. 746,439 A R. ATHERTON.

QUILLING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 3. 1903.

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PATENTED DEC. 8', 1903.

R. ATHER TON. QUILLING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE. 7

ROBERT ATHERTON, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ATHERTON MACHINECOMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

QUILLING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 746,439, dated December8,1903.

Application filed April 3, 1903. Serial No. 150,883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT ATHERTON, a citizen of the United States,residing in Pat-' erson, in the county of Passaic and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inQuilling-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the to art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings,' and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to weft-thread spooling or quilling machines; andit has for its. object to increase the efficiency of machinery of thisnature by so constructing and arranging its various elements and groupsof elezo ments as to turn out an improved quality as well as anaugmented quantity of product without sacrificing to this, but ratherincreasing durability, uniformity, and smoothness in action, facilityinadj ustingthe parts where :5 necessary, and such other valuable and moreor less essential qualities.

The invention will be found fullyillustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a front view of that end portion of themachine where the power is taken in. Fig. 2 is an end view of what isshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front View of the other end portion of themachine. Fig. 4 is an end view of what is seen in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal sectional view taken on the line m a: in

Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 6 is a view, partly in elevationand partly invertical section, of one of the quilling or spooling mechanisms pro-perand its throw-out mechanism; and Fig. 7 is a top plan view illustratingthe throw-out mechanism.

0!, designates a series of vertical standards secured together by braces19 and rails o and d. Rails a carry the various spooling or quillingmechanisms proper and their accessory parts, as will be hereinafterparticularly set forth, and they are two in number, being connected atsuitable intervals by bridge-pieces e.

In a stand f, projecting from one of the end standards a and also insaid standard, are

disposed the main drive-shaft g, carrying fast and loose pulleys h and2', whereby power is taken into the machine from a beltj, and abelt-shifting device It, adjustably arranged on an arm Z, forming avertically-adjustable part of a bracket m.

'n and 0 denote two parallel vertical shafts connected together bygearing 10, whereby power is transmitted from the former to the latter,and the upper one of which is connected with shaft 9 by bevel-gearing q,While the lower one is made to drive a horizontal shaft 1', journaled inbearings s on the several standards through the medium of a worm andworm-wheel connection t. On the farther end of shaft 7' is fixed a camit, against the periphery of which wipes a roller 0, carried by a leverto, fulcrumed at a; in the adjacent end standard.

y designates a rock-shaft, which is journaled in the standards a andforms the axis of a rocking frame 2, which coacts with stationary rods1, disposed on both sides of shaft y, to draw off the thread from thesupply spools or bobbins 2, arranged above. Each spool is carried by abracket 3, projecting from rail 61, being fast on a rotary spindle 4,having a suitable tension device 5. The

spools are, it will be noticed, arranged translever with a threadedpin10, carrying a wingnut 11, which takes against a stationary part of themachine, such as a projection 12 on one of the spool-boxes 13.

On each rail 0 are disposed at suitable intervals bushingsl t, eachbushing being formed with a stud l5, whichprojects down through the railand carries a securing-nut 16. Each bushing, furthermore, is providedwith a reduced upwardly-extending portion 17 and is penetratedvertically by a bore 18, into which fits a sleeve 19, made to fit fastin the bush- .cam by a spiral spring 9, which connects the ing 14, so asto be non-rotative. On the reduoed portion of bushing 14 is journaled apulley 20. Sleeve 19 serves as a bearing for a disk 21, having a conicalperiphery 22 fitting into and adapted to frictionally engage pulley 20in a cavity in the top thereof. Disk 21 carries a pair of verticalguide-rods 24, on which is arranged the thread-guide carrier 25, havinga spring-pawl 26, which engages a vertical series of ratchet-teeth (notshown) on one of the rods 24, so that as the thread-guide carrier isintermittently elevated by the vertically-reciprocating cop being woundsaid thread-guide carrier will be automatically adjusted, and thus bringabout the attenuation or building up of the cop all,

in the well-known manner.

26 represents saturable lubricant-disks inclosed in cavity 23.

The spool or bobbin on which the cop is wound is carried byspring-prongs 27 on the upper end of the (non-rotative) spindle 28, eachspindle being stepped in a socket 29. The several sockets are secured ona shaft 30,which is guided at its ends in forked brackets 31 on the endstandards a and which is adapted to be reciprocated vertically from arms32, projecting laterally from a rockshaft 33, journaled in bearings 34on the standards a, through the medium of vertically-extending links 35.Rock-shaft 33 carries a crank 36, having a pin 37, which works in avertical slot 38 of an arm 39, arranged to slide at its lower endhorizontally on a rod 40, carried by a bracket 41, fixed to the endstandard. Lever w carries a stud 42, which projects into the slot 38 ofarm 39. Thus from lever to the spindles, and consequently the cops whichthey carry, are vertically reciprocated.

Each thread-guide carrier 25 is rotated about the corresponding spindle,so as to coact therewith in winding the cops, by a continuous belt 43,which extends around drivepulleys 44 and 45 and idlers 46. Drivepulley44 and idlers 46 are journaled in the bridge-pieces e. Drive-pulley 45is journaled in a stand 47, arranged'to slide in a bracket 48, saidbracket having a longitudinal dovetailed groove 49, and the stand beingformed to fit the groove. Bracket 48 is formed with an opening 50,through which projects the point of a pawl 51, which engages any one ofa series of teeth 52 on the under side of the stand, said pawl beingpivoted in arms 53, projecting downwardly from the bracket and havingits lowermost end pulled upon by a spring 54, which is connected with arod 55, having a threaded portion 56, which penetrates one of theintermediate standards and is engaged by a nut 57, taking against thestandard. Spring 54, which tends to cause pawl 51 to move the pulley 45away from pulley 44, thus keeps the belt taut, and the tension can beregulated both by changing pawl 51 from engaging one of teeth 52 toengaging another or by manipulating nut 57.

The power for rotating pulley 44, and consequently belt 43, is takenfrom the shaft 71, on which said pulley is fast. Belt 43 is kept againstthe pulleys 20, whereby the various thread-guide carriers are rotated byidlers 58, arranged one opposite the space between each pair of pulleys20.

Since each thread-guide carrier is adapted to be driven from thecorresponding pulley 20 whenever disk 21 is in frictional contact withpulley 20, the rotary action of the thread-guide carrier may be stoppedby elevating disk 21 out of contact with pulley 20. This feature isutilized to automatically stop the winding when the cop has been builtup to the proper extent in the following manner: On a bracket 59,secured on each rail 0 at each space between the quilling or spoolingmechanisms proper unoccupied by the idlers 58, is fulcrumed a pair ofweighted levers 60, each carrying a pin 61, pivotally connected theretoat its lower end and projecting up through a corresponding bushing 14,its upper end being opposed to the lower end of the hub of disk 21. 62is a post projecting upwardly from each bracket 59 and carrying abearing-piece 63, which is adjustably fixed thereon by a set-screw 64.In the bearing-piece and the bracket and on each side of the post isjournaled a vertical rock-shaft 65, kept from downward displacement by acollar 66, resting on the bracket, the upper end of the rod carrying acurved crank 67 and its lower end being bent off at right angles, as at68, to form another crank. Each crank 68 extends over the correspondinglever and is normally held against a stop 69 on the lever by a spiralspring 70, which connects it with bracket 59. In this position the crank67 is held in the path of movement of a projection 71 on thethread-guide carrier when the latter is elevated high enough, and crank68 holds lever 60 in the position where pin 61 permits engagementbetween disk 21 and pulley 23. In lever 60 is formed a recess 72. Thisrecess is so disposed that when the rod 62 is turned by the projection71 on the thread-guide carrier engaging the crank 67 it will standopposed to the crank 68, thus permitting the lever 60 to move up farenough so that the pin 61 will break the contact between disk 21 andpulley 20, and thus cut ed the power from the thread-guide carrier.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the spindle-rail, a bushing secured on said railand provided with a reduced upwardly-extending portion, a. driving partjournaled on saidreduced portion of the bushing and having its bearingportion extending higher than the same, a driven part having its bearingportion extending into the bearing portion of the driving part andalined with said reduced portion of the bushing, a bearing memberconstituting an axis for the driven part and penetrat IIO ing saiddriven part and the bushing, said driven part being movable axially intoand out of frictional contact with the d riving part, and means formoving said driven part axially, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the spindle-rail, a bushing secured on said railand provided with a reduced upwardly-extending portion, a driving partjournaled on said reduced portion of the bushing, a driven part arrangedin axial alinement with the driving part and movable to and from thesame into frictional Y engagement therewith, means for moving the drivenpart out of engagement with the driving part, said driven part having acavity opening toward the driving part, saturable lubricant-disks insaid cavity and an axial bearing mounted in the bushing and penematingthe driven part,substantially as described.

3. In a weft-thread spooling or quilling machine, the combination of aframe, rotary devices comprising thread-guide carriers, spindles,horizontal shafts sustaining said spindles, vertical guideways for saidshafts, a rocking structure comprising a rock-shaft andlaterally-extending arms, and links connecting the ends of said arms andsaid firstnamed shafts, substantially as described.

4. In a weft-thread spooling or quilling machine, the combination of aframe, rotary devices comprising thread-guide carriers, spindles, arocking structure sustaining and adapted to actuate said spindles, alever, a sliding arm, a crank carried by the rocking structure,operative connecting means between the lever and the arm, and operativeconnecting means between the arm and the crank, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a weft-thread spooling or quilling machine, the combination of aframe, rotary devices comprising thread guide carriers, pulleys, one ofsaid pulleys being movable to and from the other, means for adjustingsaid movable pulley comprising a carrying part and a pivoted part, oneof which has teeth adapted to be engaged by the other, and elastic meansengaging said pivoted part and forcing the portion thereof which engagesthe carrying part and said carrying part away from the other pulley,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I ROBERT ATHERTON.

Witnessesz' DAVID S. OLDI-IAM, JAMES B. NEWTON.

